Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
MINERAL POINT WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST p 1887.

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YOU'VE JOS. BENsoN, son of Chas.
Benson, of the town of Mineral PIT.
was thrown from a horse the other
day while enjoying scamper, and
rendered unconscious for two days.
He is on the mend at present, we
are glad to report.
THE report is again current that
the Northwestern railway is to be
extended from Fennimore to Prairie
du Chen. The positive statement
that the work has been let, and that
construction will begin Immediately,
is not liable to be credited after so
many former disappointments.
THE Highland correspondent of
Dodgeville Chronicle writes in the
following fattering terms of our
band at their picnic: The Mineral
Point band drew the greatest at
teution of the people with its
lovely music. The people of that
city ought to be proud of them, and
it looked like it, as there were a
large number from there.
AN exchange, apologizing to the
women says: "Ladies should bear
in mind that the word man. used
in a broad sense, means woman,
too" 1t is barely possible that
ladies will not care to have the sex
mixed in that way. Men and women
differ in many things, and it is
something to be thankful for that
it is so. 1t is as easy To say men
and women when women are in
cluded as to say "man" and mean
the race.
THE sudden change in the tenn
perature Monday evening was re-
markable. The thermometer must
have dropped from 50 to 40 degrees,
Had the night been clear 1T is
thought that frost would have been
certain. Overcoats were resorted to
by many, while those who did not
provide themselves with additional
clothing, readily shivered and shook
when exposed to the chilling wave.
The change Was remarkable for
August.
AN Omaha man stepped on a
rusty nail and hurt his foot, and the
court has just awarded him $500,
which the contractor of the job has
to pay for his carelessness. If
there were more of such decisions
the teaching would be more health
full. The man who throws banana
peels upon the sidewalk or throws
out boards containing rusty MALE
for unweary pedestrians TO tramp
over is, to say the least, thought
less, and should be made to think.
MONDAY evening prominent otfic
ials of the c., NJ. ~ st. Paul roao
were here for the purpose OF al
examination of the employees OF the
Mineral Point branch upon the
rules, regulations, signals, etc.
governing them. The result mus
have been comforting to the EN-
ployes, az they were assured tha
they stood much better than the
average. The object Of this move
is more protection against accidents
An empIoye not having a thorough
understanding of these things j
regarded as unsafe and is turned
| loose.
Ir seems to be very well settled
that a certain spareness Of die
is favorable to longevity. What i
famiIiarly known as generous liy
ing" has cut off many of our publl'
men in the prime Of life with gout
Bright's disease and kindred all
ments, while abstemious liyers Otter
extend their lives far beyond tn
/ proyerbial threescore and ten, al
/ though among the hardest workers
Inquiry into the matter would prot
ably disclose the fact that nearly al
the aged public men Of this countr
and Europe are spare livcrs.